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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Genoa?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Arequipa for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Arequipa’s own page.

Choose Genoa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Arequipa 8, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Genoa 42: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Genoa 66: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Genoa 48: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Genoa 55: Arequipa leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Genoa 35: Genoa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Genoa.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Genoa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaGenoa
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaItalian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m20 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaGenoa
City population1,008,290558,745
People per km²1,5512,325
Museums within 10 km351
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.